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ISPF gives error ISP190A whenever a VER NONBLANK test is used on a non-panel field

The ISPF panel verify statement (VER) displays a message when a variable doesn't meet the verification criteria. It also automatically places the cursor to the last panel field referred to in any panel statement. This is likely the same field as t...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

zOSMF file transmission delay

When uploading or downloading a large file it seems like nothing happens, but eventually the screen will pop up. Just an immediate confirmation that file transfer has started and then when completed or stopped would suffice.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

HSM FLB Message Suppression

Suppress generated error messages or route them with another routecode.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

HSM post back status should respond quicker rather than waiting to notify DB2

HSM post back status respond quicker rather than waiting to notify DB2 of the issue to release resources
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Dual Control at zOS (for destructive activities)

Many System programmers and Administrators on zSystems have authority to delete data. Often they also have authority to Access DASD Subsystems(DS8*) or tape Subsystems (TS77/TS45). It would be good to have the possibility to allow destructive acti...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS General/Unknown 1 Future consideration

APPC

During situations where IMS floods with transactions the flood control is active by default and IMS will take action if thresholds are reached. If the number of APPC requests that are queued in 64-bit storage exceeds 1,000,000. IMS stops all APPC ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_APPC 0 Future consideration

Add OpenSSH parameter to control whether RACF checks are made by the TERMINAL or SERVAUTH class

Please add a parameter to control whether RACF checks are made by the TERMINAL or SERVAUTH classes, such as the PORTOFENTRY4 parameter for FTP. Per PMR23901,7TD,000 discussion if a remote IP address is covered at all in ANY NETACCESS statement the...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Ported Tools 1 Future consideration

add the substr function into ACS routines to simply SMS management for complex environment

I have been working with a customer who wants to obtain the subsystem ID for more generic filtlists and storage group assignments. Something like filtlist XXXSAP INCLUDE(DSN%%%U.**, 'ICF.DRPLEX.%%%SAP') EXCLUDE(DSN%%%%%.ARCHLOG1.**, DSN%%%%%.ARCHL...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Future consideration

Health check enhancement for XCF_CDS in a zOS Hyperswap environment managed by CSM

The existing checks XCF_CDS_SPOF and XCF_CDS_SEPARATION don't check in a HyperSwap environment that primary CDSes and alternate CDSes are on separate DASD boxes of different sites. An extention should check the site information of the HyperSwap se...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

DSNTYPE=LARGE support as INPUT for IFASMFDP

This is a new public REQUEST for an older requets to permit user's votes on it.Initial request = MR0311105836 from 2011Migrated to RFE request as: RFE 50060 in 2014Due to increasing of SMF data, we need now to be able to use DSNTYPE=LARGE with IFA...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

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